Blogs from Sibiu, Transilvania, Romania, Europe - page 3

Nachdem also die Transfargara Straße wegen eines verschlossenen Tunnels nicht befahrbar war, mussten wir umkehren, und sind heute in der Früh erst einmal die gleiche Strecke zurückgefahren - vorbei am Stausee und in den Ort runter, 70 km. Michael hatte ein Loch im Reifen, fand auch einen Reifenhändler (am Sonntag!!!), mit Hilfe eines Haferls voll Wasser wurde das Loch entdeckt - der Reifen blieb dabei dran - und dann mit einem Stopfen verschlossen. Seither ist wieder alles wunderbar. Großes Dr.Oetker Werk in ............. Dann neue Strecke ins nächste Tal, eins weiter im Westen. Da war leider eine große Straße, voller Laster, die alle möglichst schnell vorankommen wollten. Das Fahren war mühsam und gefährlich, wir waren zu langsam und wurden ständig überholt. Sibiu hat mich dann völlig enttäuscht. Der Reiseführer ist voll des Lobes und die Anfahrt ... read more

I am on the train to Sibiu, Romania. I left the apartment in Brasov, Romania giving myself 40 minutes to make a 6:00 am train. A taxi came by within 60 seconds--travel karma. Me: Train Station please. Taxi: Gara, gara? Blah, blah, blah, gara? Me: Hmmmm. Chug-a, chug, chug, ... chug-a, chug, chug .... woow a woow. Taxi: Ah. Gara! Gara! He drove straight to the train station. Some sounds are international. He knew exactly what I meant and drove with confidence. I suspect there are many more languages than countries. If my memory serves me, India has 16 spoken languages? The USA has English and many languages spoken by the original people of America, like the Navajo, Cherokee, etc. So my guess is probably right. I have noticed some common sounds and motions across regions. ... read more

It was by accident when surfing the internet that we discovered the road we are planning to take today and we are filled with apprehension of driving it after the fog of Montenegro and the highway from hell at Kotor.However,this the BBA V2 with the accent on 'adventure' and if the guys from 'Top Gear'can drive it then so can we!! We had a filling breakfast before starting out on the road as we are heading into an area where we don't think there will be much of an opportunity to buy lunch on the road so we had better be prepared that it may be dinner time before we get a good feed again. The day dawned with an absolute clear blue sky and we couldn't have got a better day for what should be ... read more

Our bus to Sibiu left already at 6:26, so we had to rise even earlier than yesterday. We had decided to spend only the day in Sibiu and go to Bucharest for the night in order to continue towards Tulcea and the Danube delta the next day. Our hope is that it will be a little bit cooler near the sea. We left our luggage at Sibiu train station and started of towards the city center. It was actually only a few hundred meters from the train station, so we found the three squares of the old city quickly. All of the city center is filled with 18th and 19th century houses in excellent condition, it really feels like Germany or some of the cities of northern Italy. The big square is a large open area ... read more

We went up a hill after getting keys from somebody. It was very pretty. We did a lot of videos and pictures. We went up a clock tower. We tried to hurry down before the bells did not ring, but they did. We went to a park and I saw a lot of snow and jumped in it. I got wet and daddy brought everything but socks so I had to use my gloves on my feet. - Sofia ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A couple hours and we arrived in Sibiu. This was a really cool city and we stayed right in the middle of the old town at the Old Town Hostel right in the middle of one of the big squares. We stayed there for 2 nights. We checked out the old town area when we arrived ... read more